continue-In the history and some art fields the curatorial profession is
already much smaller and the skill level lower than it was ten years ago.
Until the 1980's nearly every museum had curators who were expert in some
area.  They were knowledgable about glass or local history or Southern
furniture or folk art or costumes or widgets.  Now the typical curator has
a good background in visitor services, computer catalogs, a little
knowledge of legal issues, taken a couple of courses in non-profit
accounting and so on but subject matter is kind of an after thought.  Sort
of a one size fits all.